Bologna made seventeen threes but more than anything else broke the game at the start of the second quarter off 11 straight points scored by Marco Belinelli. He took advantage, fully, of a flagrant foul called offensively on Nikola Mirotic. Bologna's lead blossomed to 16 points and Olimpia was never able to fully close the Read More »
It was the championship series for the last three years. The same two teams have finished first and second in the last three regular seasons. And in the standings they are tied for the second place (together with Reyer Venezia). Virtus Bologna-Olimpia Milano is a classic game that transcends standing interests, but at this point Read More »
Following a series of specific consults, Billy Baron has returned to the United States where he will undergo a further surgery procedure on his right elbow. The player is to be considered out for the season. Over the course of the current season, Billy Baron has appeared in three EuroLeague and one Italian league games. Read More »
It took a Shabazz Napier impossibly long two-pointer to close the game in Olimpia's favor, 85-83, over Partizan. A well-played game that everybody enjoyed, a lot of ups and downs, whoever had momentum going in its direction had to suffer the other team's answer. It was like that right from the beginning and for the Read More »
The matches between Olimpia Milano and Partizan Belgrade are never banal, two historic clubs that also faced each other in very different eras. For example, Zeljko Obradovic won his first European title in 1992 by beating Olimpia in the semifinal of the Final Four in Istanbul. Four years earlier both teams were in the Final Read More »
Pippo Ricci had a double double, 19 points and 10 rebounds, five of them offensive, to lead Olimpia to a commanding 94-63 win over Varese in the most historic rivalry in Italian basketball. Olimpia took control early in the game, exploiting its size adavantages with the guards and starting its game inside out to build Read More »
Coming off a tough loss in Villeurbanne, playing for tenth time this season, on short rest, Olimpia will try to regroup and beat Varese, a very offensively-gifted team. "We need to regroup and get back our determination and physicality on defense. Those have been the traits that have always identified our team," Coach Ettore Messina Read More »
An 11-0 desperate and furious run allowed Olimpia to take the potentially tying shots at the end. It was a good shot, an open three, but unfortunately Maodo Lo founf only the rim, so Asvel survived the rally and won 81-77. "The turning point of our game - Coach Ettore Messina said - was toward Read More »
Olimpia returns to the court in the EuroLeague on the road, playing in Lyon: for the first time the Asvel game will be played in the LDLC Arena, the new Lyon sports hall inaugurated this season which can sit over 12,000 spectators for a basketball game and is the largest indoor sports facility in France Read More »
Stefano Tonut, who reported a traumatic injury to his right hand during his commitments with the Italian national team, will not be available for the EuroLeague Villeurbanne's game and will be re-evaluated before Sunday's Italian league game scheduled to be played against Varese. Diego Flaccadori, following routine checks planned for some time, will have to Read More »
